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Honor X7a vs Honor X7e

37 out of 100
Honor X7a
VS
57 out of 100
Honor X7e
Honor X7a
Honor X7e

Here we compared two budget smartphones: the 6.74-inch Honor X7a (with MediaTek Helio G37) that was released on January 4, 2023, against the Honor X7e, which is powered by MediaTek Helio G81 Ultra and came out 3 years and 5 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Honor X7a
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
Reasons to consider the Honor X7e
  • Water-resistant body (IP64 classification)
  • Comes with 1500 mAh larger battery capacity: 7500 vs 6000 mAh
  • 44% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (280K versus 194K)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 22.5W)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 12
  • The phone is 3 years and 5 months newer
  • Has 50% more RAM: 6GB versus 4GB
  • 2.1x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 399 and 193 points

Review

Evaluation of Honor X7a and Honor X7e crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Value for money (Beta)

Should I update?
No 85% Yes
Yes, this is a clear and meaningful upgrade.
Updating from Honor X7a to Honor X7e is a clear step forward, and the improvements should be easy to notice.
Main improvements: battery life, camera, and display.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Honor X7a
vs
Honor X7e

Display

Type TFT LCD TFT LCD
Size 6.74 inches 6.61 inches
Resolution 720 x 1600 pixels 720 x 1604 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 260 ppi 266 ppi
Refresh rate 90 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 450 nits 1010 nits
HDR support No No
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 85.3% 84.8%
Display tests
RGB color space 93.7% -
PWM Not detected -
Response time 25 ms -
Contrast 2254:1 -
Peak brightness test (auto)
Honor X7a
563 nits
Honor X7e
n/a
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 167.48 mm (6.59 inches) 163.9 mm (6.45 inches)
Width 76.85 mm (3.03 inches) 75.9 mm (2.99 inches)
Thickness 8.27 mm (0.33 inches) 8.3 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 196 g (6.91 oz) 200 g (7.05 oz)
Waterproof No IP64
Rear material Plastic Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Black, Silver, Blue Black, Blue, Orange
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio
Honor X7a +1%
85.3%
Honor X7e
84.8%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Honor X7a and Honor X7e
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Helio G37 MediaTek Helio G81 Ultra
Max clock 2300 MHz 2000 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A53
- 4 cores at 2.3 GHz: Cortex-A53		 - 6 cores at 1.7 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A75
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 12 nanometers 12 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) No Yes
GPU
Graphics PowerVR GE8320 Mali-G52 MP2
GPU shading units 32 48
GPU clock 680 MHz 820 MHz
FLOPS ~43.5 GFLOPS ~78.7 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Honor X7a and Honor X7e
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Honor X7a
193
Honor X7e +107%
399
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Honor X7a
845
Honor X7e +64%
1386
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) - 960
Single-core score 193 399
Multi-core score 845 1386
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Honor X7a
194025
Honor X7e +44%
280245
CPU 88958 86390
GPU 12136 34955
Memory 48019 77659
UX 44912 81241
Total score 194025 280245
Samples Less than 3 Less than 3
PCMark 3.0
Honor X7a
5552
Honor X7e
n/a
Web score 5320 -
Video editing 5172 -
Photo editing 7644 -
Data manipulation 4332 -
Writing score 5787 -
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Honor X7a
DateBenchmarkResult
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Honor X7e
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 4 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 1800 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type eMMC 5.1 eMMC 5.1
Memory card MicroSD No
Memory card max size Up to 1024 GB -

Software

Operating system Android 12 Android 16
ROM Magic UI 6.1 MagicOS 10
OS size 18 GB -
OS updates - 2 years
Security updates - 3 years

Battery

Capacity 6000 mAh 7500 mAh
Max charge power 22.5 W 45 W
Battery type Li-Po Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging Yes Yes
Bypass charging - No
Fast charging Yes (80% in 80 min) Yes
Full charging time 1:55 hr -
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Digital Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording No No
1080p video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
Slow motion No -
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 5 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
4) Depth: 2 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Pixel size 0.8 micron -
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 5 MP -
Aperture f/2.2 -
Stabilization Digital -
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Stabilization Digital -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 8 megapixels 5 megapixels
Image resolution 3264 x 2448 2592 x 1944
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Sensor CMOS -
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display		 - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.1 5.1
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort - No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC* Depends on the region Depends on the region
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* No No
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 7 -
5G support No No

Sound

Speakers Mono Mono
Headphone audio jack Yes Yes
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No No
Speakers test
Max loudness
Honor X7a
79.6 dB
Honor X7e
n/a

Other

Category Budget Budget
Announced January 2023 May 2026
Release date January 2023 May 2026
Launch price (MSRP) $180 $200
Successor - Honor X7e -
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 22 W Yes, 45 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Honor X7e is definitely a better buy.

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